Ben-Zion "Bentzi" Gophstein (Hebrew: בן־ציון "בנצי" גופשטיין, born 10 September 1969) is a political activist affiliated with the far-right in Israel, a student of Meir Kahane, and founder[1] and director of Lehava, an Israeli Jewish anti-assimilation organization. He was a member of the Council of Kiryat Arba, 2010–2013. In November 2019, he was indicted on charges of incitement to terrorism, violence, and racism.[2] He was sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury and the European Union.[3]
^Tal Ariel-Amir (20 May 2016). "המרכז שנלחם בארגון להב"ה: "כסות יהודית שנועדה להסתיר גזענות"" [Center fighting organization Lehava: 'Using Judaism as a cloak to conceal racism']. Maariv (in Hebrew).
^Sharon, Jeremy (26 November 2019). "Lehava head Bentzi Gopstein indicted for incitement to terror, racism". The Jerusalem Post.
^Extremist Israeli settlers hit by EU and US sanctions, The Guardian (19. April 2024)
far-right rabbi BentziGopstein shouts 'it’s not pride it’s an abomination' at the protest against the Jerusalem Pride Parade, June 1, 2023." Gopstein wrote a...
flame or faith, giving the phrase a double meaning. Lehava's CEO is BentziGopstein, a disciple of Meir Kahane, a U.S.-born rabbi who promoted the forced...
Jewish girls dating Arabs". The National. Sharon, Jeremy. "Lehava head BentziGopstein indicted for incitement to terror, racism". The Jerusalem Post. Israel...
walls of Hebron during a period of disturbances in 1997. In 2015, BentziGopstein, director of the militant far-right anti-assimilationist movement Lehava...
far-right anti-miscegenation group Lehava, headed by former Kach member BentziGopstein, is politically active inside Israel and its occupied territories....
Israel". Open Democracy. Sharon, Jeremy (26 November 2019). "Lehava head BentziGopstein indicted for incitement to terror, racism". The Jerusalem Post. See...
office with, the anti-assimilation group Lehava, whose Director-General Bentzi Gopshtain is a member of the party. The office of Lehava and Otzma Yehudit...
"assimilation" of young Jewish women with Arabs. One of the organizers, "Bentzi" Ben-Zion Gopstein, said that the motives are not racist: "It is important to explain...
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